Official: Lawmaker to plead guilty in travel flap

File - This Feb. 8, 2011 file photo shows Rep. Joe Driver, R-Garland, working at his Capitol desk in Austin, Texas. An official says a Driver will plead guilty to a felony charge related to using taxpayer money to reimburse himself for travel expenses that had already been paid for through his campaign.(AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)
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File - This Feb. 8, 2011 file photo shows Rep. Joe Driver, R-Garland, working at his Capitol desk in Austin, Texas. An official says a Driver will plead guilty to a felony charge related to using taxpayer money to reimburse himself for travel expenses that had already been paid for through his campaign.(AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)
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AUSTIN, Texas 
An official says a Texas state representative plans to plead guilty to a felony charge that he used tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to reimburse himself for travel expenses his campaign had already funded.

Gregg Cox with the Travis County district attorney's office in Austin said Wednesday that Dallas-area Republican Rep. Joe Driver will enter the plea on a charge of official abuse of capacity on Nov. 22.

The 65-year-old Texas House veteran has acknowledged he collected reimbursements from taxpayers for travel he already had paid for using donated campaign money. Driver said he didn't know it was wrong. He reimbursed his campaign more than $49,000.